US District Judge Charles Breyer issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles and ordered that control of the troops be relinquished to the state. The administration acted without approval from Gov. Gavin Newsom when it deployed over 4,000 of the troops in June to assist with immigration enforcement, with several hundred troops still in the city as of late October. Breyer paused the injunction until Monday to allow an opportunity for the administration to appeal.

The Justice Department filed a motion to intervene in two students' lawsuit against Loudoun County, Va., School Board's policy that allows students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. The school district said the students were suspended because they harassed a transgender male student in the boys' locker room. The department argues that the district's policy runs afoul of the First Amendment and 14th Amendment.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Alabama can execute Joseph Clifton Smith, who was convicted of murder in a 1997 beating and has been found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled. The high court ruled in 2002 that people with intellectual disabilities cannot be executed. The key question in the case currently before the justices is how to address borderline cases, as Smith's scores on five IQ tests were between 72 and 78, slightly above the threshold that typically indicates intellectual disability.

Thomas Courtney, a sixth-grade humanities teacher, shares strategies for maintaining a peaceful classroom before winter break. He suggests using calming music to start classes, allowing longer transition times and maintaining clear accountability for students.

Nearly all US states fail to integrate AI literacy with computer science education, according to a report from Code.org and CSforALL. Only four states -- Colorado, Ohio, North Dakota and Virginia -- include AI in their computer science standards, and none require AI and computer science to graduate. The report notes that 60% of public high schools offer foundational computer science courses, but only 6.1% of students participate.

High-school students from 12 schools in Wyoming recently demonstrated their knowledge of constitutional history and political philosophy at the 2025 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" state finals. The event emphasized civil discourse amid political polarization, with students learning to support their beliefs with evidence and engage respectfully with differing viewpoints.

Thomas Fulbright, a social studies teacher at Hope Street Academy in Topeka, Kan., has presented his nationally recognized lesson plan on US citizenship to the Kansas State Board of Education. The plan, which won the Gilder Lehrman Institute's Building Better Citizens Contest, involves students reviewing US immigration laws to spark discussions on what it means to be an American.

Civic education was the topic at a League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area event, where retired educator Kathie Tyser highlighted the limited federal funding for social studies compared with reading and math. Tyser noted Wisconsin law requires some civics content, including a daily Pledge of Allegiance.